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In which Jean commits genocide, the Shi’ar are total dicks (again), we have feelings about X-Men #137, Claremont and Byrne do what they do best, shit gets real on the moon, Kitty joins the team, and the Dark Phoenix Saga concludes.
X-Plained:
- Inhumans
- The Kree
- The Terrigen Mist
- Teamwork
- The Dark Phoenix
- Cameos with cosmic implications
- The Phoenix event horizon
- Establishing scale
- Psychic battles
- The winged never-nudes of the Marvel Universe
- Danger-room exposition
- The Shi’ar’s really dubious justice system
- Why X-Men #137 is the definitive issue of X-Men
- Pacing
- The power of friendship
- Quiet moments
- The blue area of the moon
- The best last stand
- Moon vandalism
- The Phoenix Retcon
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